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  • US renewables financing set to collapse without grant extension

    22 July 2010

    Renewable energy financing will decline precipitously next year if the US Congress fails to extend the cash grant programme, financing experts have warned.

  • Climate Institute plans 'asset owners disclosure project'

    22 July 2010

    Following in the footsteps of the Carbon Disclosure Project, the climate change disclosure spotlight is set to be shone on the world's 1,000 largest asset owners.

  • US legislators move to rescue PACE programmes

    22 July 2010

    US legislators have introduced a bill to rescue innovative bond programmes to fund energy efficiency and renewables.

  • A private sector role in REDD+?

    22 July 2010

    Government funding is beginning to flow to help forest nations reduce emissions from deforestation – and prepare for a REDD+ carbon market. But is there any room for the private sector? Steven Bland reports

  • PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

    22 July 2010

    With the run-up to the Copenhagen talks, 2009 was the year of climate change. For many, this year is all about biodiversity – indeed, for the UN, 2010 is its International Year of Biodiversity.

  • IPO OF THE YEAR

    22 July 2010

    Of the few companies that listed in the public markets over the past year, many have taken investors on a stomach-flipping rollercoaster ride.

  • RENEWABLE ENERGY DEAL OF THE YEAR

    22 July 2010

    The message from the industry is clear: if the EU is to meet its ambitious renewable energy targets, massive investment in the sector is needed.

  • CARBON FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR

    22 July 2010

    Registering the first 'programmatic' Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project was always going to be a stand-out moment in the development of the carbon market.

  • WEATHER RISK DEAL OF THE YEAR

    22 July 2010

    Environmental Finance's Weather Risk Deal of the Year was groundbreaking in several ways: it was in a developing country and was a complex 'quanto' product, combining weather and commodity risk.

  • Innovation and uncertainty

    22 July 2010

    The global economy may be limping back to health, but it's been another tough 12 months for environmental markets. Environmental Finance recognises the stand-out deals that have overcome adversity